JediMaster

Has it been used since 1950??

Unfortunately, naming is inconsistent everywhere, even within services. I've still never heard a satisfactory reason why the 2-seat Harrier is a TAV-8B while the 2-seat Hornets were 18B and 18D. It might have meant combat capability, but AFAIK the 18B was never meant to serve in combat (unlike the D). Actually, I seem to recall it originally WAS going to be F/A-18A and TF/A-18A... Then we have F-111, F-117, and A-4 for more mis-designations. I will say I found the Swedish Viggens the most confusing with their AJ/JA/AJS/JSA/JJA/ASJA/JASJA/JAJAJJSA deal.

If it is, that would make it the highest priced combat flight sim here in years. Maybe CFS3 was $50? Most have been $40 (or less).

LOMAC sits between TK's sims and Falcon 4 in terms of difficulty. Unless you fly the Su-25T in the Flaming Cliffs addon, as that's closer to F4. I bought the game new for $40 on release, and bought FC new for whatever it was on release. $25 I think from Natural Point? Anyway, all these years later I've not regretted it one bit. I've got more hours in it than any other sim in this century except maybe Il-2. Certainly more than F4 or any single TK sim, although if you combine them all TK may have the edge.

You can name a dozen WWI sims? That are Windows-compatible? No DOS!

Another victim of ACME Corporation's Mega Trampoline.

Firefly and Crusade both lasted a half season, with just over a dozen episodes a piece. Unlike Firefly, though, which was doomed by poor ratings, Crusade was DOA thanks to TNT. One of the rare shows to be cancelled BEFORE the first episode aired. Stupid focus groups/marketers.

"And so it begins." Yes, you'd have to be a little more specific than that. Did you mean the ST series? The SG series? I mean, you can't get much different than the original ST and B5. Or Dr Who and S:A&B. Not just premises but tone, characters, scope, etc. Taking a "little bit from each" of all of those would likely leave you feeling like you watched just that--a mishmosh. If you want to see what that gets you in the comedy world, watch something like Epic Movie, just bouncing all over the place leaving you with a big empty feeling!

I'm sorry to say that Intel integrated video chips are probably the WORST thing you could try to run a game on. I know it's a little late now to find that out, but you would've been better off with either an ATI or nvidia chip in that laptop. Of course, models coming with those start at higher prices. I doubt you can find a laptop under $750 or so with them. I just bought one myself from Dell with an 8600GT in it, but it's costing me $1300 or so.

I thought I just read somewhere KotS has been renamed? Ah yes, here: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=31255

Are you insinuating AL thought Russia invaded the state next to them a couple of weeks ago??

Just once I'd like to see the leader of some major nation called Putin a big baby. "WAAAHHHH! We want influence there!!! WAAAAHHHH!!!!" The short-sightedness they've been displaying lately is stunningly awful.

S:A&B is available on DVD in the US, not sure about elsewhere. SGA will be replaced by the just-announced Stargate Universe, with a new cast and crew that can be paid less to satisfy SFC's "cheap bastard" needs. No series has ever lasted more than 5 years on SFC and none ever will because casts get paid more with time and they don't want to have to pay. They're more interested in their lame F-flick (they don't even qualify as good as B) of the week like Mansquito, SS Doomtrooper, Flu Bird Horror, or the single most awful remake of War of the Worlds to ever be shot on film with C Thomas Howell practically begging for a real job like making a Burger King commercial. B5 is my favorite SF series of all time, followed by the new BSG. The old ST was great for its day and what it was, but it certainly created the cliches we now see and deplore in other series. I think I liked DS9 best of the spinoffs, especially after Worf joined the cast, followed closely by the last half of TNG's run. Voyager was just meh, and Enterprise was good it's last season and ok the season before that, but the first 2 were lame. I'm currently rewatching B5 for the 4th time (on the final season) and DS9 for the 2nd (just finishing the 4th season). Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis have definitely been more about the characters than the plot--if you don't care about them, the rest is just window dressing. There was also Farscape, which at times could be the most baffling SF show you ever watched. It was like the shows had a good 10 mins cut out of them that helped explain WTF was going on sometimes. Oh, Tennant's Dr Who run has been enjoyable as well most of the time.

I know all the newest models of ECM are almost purely software-driven. I think the hardware-only capabilities types were phased out in the 70s? Of course, it's all moot without good intelligence. Wasn't it over Bosnia we were having trouble with the cobbled-together mash of French, Russian, and other systems? After the entire EW scene was created over decades in monolithic blocks ("US" systems, or "Soviet" systems, or "French" systems), you suddenly had countries using that emitter with this receiver and that exciter and nothing was black-and-white anymore. ADA SIGINT is critical info if you're thinking about flying in the other's airspace. Just look at what happened in Georgia to the Russian planes, and those were THEIR systems! Yet somehow they failed to counter it adequately and they lost a bomber, amongst other planes.

It's not a mistake, it's an omission. There's a difference. The FM for normal mode works, the one for hard mode does not because the creator isn't up to working it out, that's all.

What about the 2000-9? I can't remember what its abilities are.

Sorry, I won't be into a WWI "study" sim, which is what 2 planes are. This whole "microtransaction" thing pisses me off.

Has that silly flap about the Red Cross been cleared up yet?

You know, that law DID curb the rash of pole-strapped gators we were having here. It seemed like you couldn't walk down the street without at least half a dozen of the buggers trying to bite you from the end of their pole-mounted leash...

There are WWII mods for OFP, not sure if there are any for ArmA yet, that let you play with that eras equipment.

My guess would also be the video chip/components were somehow fried. Being in Windows you're in 2D mode and it's fine, but anything requiring 3D mode or advanced acceleration capabilities causes it to fritz out. My feeling is that if it's not under warranty (which won't help you much being out of country anyway), you are shafted!

The first one hasn't even done a full-up test yet and it's been in development for years. There are none but the one prototype being built, either. As for Czech/Poland, yes, an ICBM launched from Iran at the US would indeed pass over E Europe. No, it will do nothing if one is launched from anywhere but the Middle East, including Russia, China, NK, Cuba, Andorra, or Burkina Faso. The funny thing is Russian scientists KNOW that ABMs based there couldn't do a thing against Russian ICBMs. They also have plenty of missiles bases in the Far East that are in a position to be countered by our Alaska-based ABMs, yet they never said a word about that. This is totally a political show and it's all about Russia's perception of a shrinking sphere of influence as the West's increases. They briefly flirted with the idea of "joining" the West in the early-mid 90s, but they seem less interested in that now and more interested in recreating a bipolar world.

I'm all for training scenarios where your equipment/forces aren't at perfect fighting strength. After all, the enemy may not be so kind as to wait for you to be at 100% readiness. That said, I only agree with it when there are legitimate training benefits to be gained. Artificial restrictions based on political decisions do not necessarily fit that way.

I've still not bothered to learn how to use TIR in ArmA. I tried it briefly when I first got ArmA (I had TIR first) and found it too disconcerting and I've just never tried it since.

Whoa, a Draken! I'd like the Typhoon more if it wasn't that awful color.